if only
美 
英
- na.只要；只要…就好了
- 网络如果能再爱一次；要是……就好了；但愿
英汉解释
na. | 3. 要是...就好 if possible 如果可能 |
英英解释
例句
If only I had bought him another truck, since the first two hadn't been adequate proof of how much I loved him.
要是我给他买了另一辆车，既然前两辆车不足以证明我有多爱他。
If only it had the political leaders to match, its chance of avoiding recession would be far better than one in two.
只要美国具备合适的领导人来掌舵，其避免经济衰退的概率将会大大高于目前这种两党争执不下的局面。
If only the idea could catch on, we should be able to make quite a lot of money out of it.
但愿这个主意被采纳，那么我们就能从中赚一大笔钱。
I just wanted to share those feelings with you, if only for a few hours. Despair, loss, abandonment, betrayal.
绝望，失去，遗失，背叛，我只想和你分享这些痛苦，哪怕就几个小时；
If only the plant could talk, it might be able to save itself from dying, either from thirst or drowning.
如果植物能开口讲话，或许它们可以解救自己于垂死、缺水或淹溺的境况。
There's something about dancing that frees the heart from the troubles of the day, even if only for a while.
即使是一小会儿也好，跳舞仍会能从一定程度上将心从白天的烦心事中解脱出来。
As if only half of me is alive. The other half is pressed down in a bag and suffocated.
就好像我只有一半是活着的，另一半被压在袋子里面无法呼吸。
If only Iceland had been a member of the European Union and eurozone, the argument went, it would have escaped the crisis and humiliation.
人们认为，如果冰岛是欧盟和欧元区成员国，它就能够逃过危机，避免蒙羞。
So, finally, she faced the fact that there was no sense dreaming about if only, and forcefully returned her thoughts to her original plan.
所以，最后，她面对现实，没有理由只梦想着如何，并强迫自己的思想回到最初的打算。
If only you knew how much I think of you.
如果只有你知道我有多么了解你！
If only phones could be used to pay for things, it would be easier to leave a wallet behind.
不过，如果手机也能用来付款，那么忘带钱包就没什么大碍了。
"She looked at me and said, 'If only I had teeth down there, '" recalled Ehlers, who was a 20-year-old medical researcher at the time.
“她看着我，然后说：如果那里有一排牙齿、、、”埃勒斯回忆。
If only he were a bit better laterally on defense the UA product would be a prototypical NBA small forward.
如果他能再加强一些他的防守能力的话，那么他能成为NBA联盟出色的典型小前锋。
Like many of his peers, he made a great show of resisting public office, if only to demonstrate the absence of ambition.
他与许多同龄人一样，竭力抵制出任公职，这样做好像只是为了证明自己没有野心。
If only there were harbours which could nourish great armies, here was the front on which to strike.
只要我们获得能够容纳庞大军队的港口，这里就是展开攻势的前线。
If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
甚愿你素来听从我的命令，你的平安就如河水，你的公义就如海浪。
If only a small portion of a large XML document needs to be changed, the performance penalty with such an approach can be considerable.
如果只是一个大XML文档的一小部分需要更改，那么此方法带来的性能损害是比较可观的。
If only Hitler and Mussolini could have a good game of bowls once a week at Geneva, I feel that Europe would not be as troubled as it is.
我觉得，要是希特勒和墨索里尼能每周在日内瓦好好打一场保龄球，欧洲的局面就不会如此糟糕。
He put his hand familiarly on her shoulder, as if only to greet her in passing.
他亲密地把他的手搭在她肩上，好像只是路过打个招呼。
If only they knew how much everyone in the room appreciated their apple-scented shampoo.
即使他们知道舍友是不是会欣赏自己的苹果味洗发露。
If only there were harbours which could nourish great armies, here was the front on which to strike.
只要我们获得能够容纳庞大军队的港口，这里就是展开攻势的前线。
"Oh, mother, " he would say, "if only I'd been given just a wee bit of brains, I'd not be so much trouble and worry to you. "
“呵，妈妈，”他常说，“我要是有一点儿智慧，我就不会给您添这么多麻烦了，就不会让您为我操这么多心了。”
The snow was soft and deep outside. If only he could get out to try his new sled.
外头的雪下得柔软又深厚，如果他能出去试试他的新雪橇该多好啊。
"Oh, mother, if only I could have God's power for one moment! "
“噢，母亲，我要有上帝的法力该多好啊。”
"If only I had a little child of my own, " she said, "Then, indeed, I should be quite happy. "
她说，我要是有个一丁点小的孩子该多好啊，我会多么开心啊。
If only, Emma tells her audiences, those with the early signs of this illness were treated sooner, many more would not suffer as she did.
爱玛对她的听众说，如果那些表现出同样早期症状的精神疾病患者能够得到及时治疗，他们中的许多人就不会遭受她所经历的痛苦。
If only one solution can be found for a field problem, then it is usually a stupid solution.
如果一个战场上的问题只有一种解决方案，这通常是个愚蠢的方案。
It's been of a great pleasure all this autumn on my trip to work, if only it stretched to no end.
整个秋天上班路上都是极大的享受，要是路没尽头该有多好。
This makes me want to see him again, if only to make sure just how this monster thinks of me in his heart.
这又使我只想再见他一面，到底审看一下这高大的怪物是怎样的在觑看我。
"Oh, mother, " he would say, "if only I'd been given just a wee bit of brains, I'd not be so much trouble and worry to you. "
“呵，妈妈，”他常说，“我要是有一点儿智慧，我就不会给您添这么多麻烦了，就不会让您为我操这么多心了。”
If only you had told me about your problem, I might have been able to help you.
你要是把你的困难告诉我就好了，我也许能帮上点忙。
If only to make sure that there was no sordid story coming out just as the crown was placed upon her head.
如果仅仅是为了确保没有任何卑鄙的故事曝出的树冠被放在她的头部。
The limit load would be overestimated if only one element was used for a tapered member.
若仅用一个单元代表一个楔形截面构件就会高估极限承载能力。
If only he had put down for that job, he might have been a director now.
要是他申请了那个工作，他现在或许就是个主任了。
Something of a know-it-all, he comes across as slightly hostile, even if only through verbal argument, or jokes targeted at others.
他们可以说是无所不知，就算只是跟别人言语争执或者冲别人开玩笑，也都会稍微带些敌意。
And then you find yourself thinking, "Aw, if only I could just put a little bit of WarCraft in. . . "
而当你发现自己在思考时，“哇哦，假如我放入一些魔兽的元素在（SC2）…”
Wishing to see him to be seen by him if only he were the mirror I face each morning?
渴望见到他也被他见到但愿他是每个清晨我都要面对的镜子？
Brian : It would be if only they would let me put my bed on the green and let me wear my dressing gown around the club.
布莱恩：是的，如果他们让我在草地上摆放我的床，并让我在会所内穿睡衣的话。
If only we had a bit of beef and some potatoes, this soup would be fit for a rich man's table.
如果我们有牛肉，土豆位，这将是汤适合富人的餐桌。
If only, the argument goes, the world had not made itself dependent on a single failed gene, wheat would not be under threat.
如果，有观点认为，世界不让小麦依赖于一段失败的基因的话，它也不会受此威胁。
Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there? "
亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”
I couldn't lie to him. And if only you knew how much I loved him and how much I wanted to marry him!
我不能对他撒谎。如果你知道我是多么地爱他，多么地想嫁给他，你就会明白了！
Most of them bought some kind of benefit, if only slight, and if I hadn't tried, I'd have been left with a sense of "What if . . . ? "
相比于什么都不做，这些尝试至少或多或少带来了一些好处。我带着“如果那样会怎么样”的感觉放弃了治愈他们的想法。
He said, if only election language, is just a saying, he is not and frank hsieh's election debates language.
他说，如果只是选举语言、只是说说而已，他是不会与谢长廷的选举语言辩论的。
